This document outlines plans for an FMP fanzine about art and illustration. It will include information on different art styles, techniques, and products, as well as interviews with artists. The fanzine will feature a variety of artists' works to avoid repetition. Fonts, color schemes, potential products to feature, pagination, and layouts are considered. The goal is to showcase different varieties of artwork and engage the audience through vibrant designs and matching colors.

1. FMP Planning

2. FMP Idea
For my FMP I am going to create a fanzine based around art and illustration. Talking
about the different types of styles and techniques, what kinds of products can be
made with these certain styles and even the authors/artists that create these
products/artwork (e.g. during my Contextual Research I found multiple interviews
where artists talk about their work. I could reference these interviews in my own work
at some point). I plan to also include a variety of artists/artworks so that it makes my
fanzine look more interesting and less repetitive if I were to just include similar looking
works.
The main reason I am creating this is to show off the different varieties of artwork and
artists as well as talk about the different kinds of products that can be made from this.
These different artworks I plan to use will all be different styles, so that I can avoid
making my fanzine look repetitive.
With this planning, I will decide on how many artists/artworks I can talk about in my
fanzine based on the time that I have and how long it will take me to make it.

3. Font(s)
I don’t plan on using a large variety of fancy and cursive
fonts for a large majority of my product, however I will
be using them for the titles of the pages in my fanzine.
The only times I will be using decorative fonts will be
for the main title of my fanzine (the front cover) or the
headings for my pages/any other content that requires
a title.
These screenshots are from my experiments. I liked
these different fonts I found since not only are they
cursive but also easy to read. I found that a lot of the
fonts I thought I would like and what I thought would
look good with my product turned out to be quite hard
to read and not what I had originally imagined it to
look like.
I think that these fonts are all quite similar in terms of
how cursive they look as well as the overall style.
I don’t think that my choice of font is the most
important aspect at this moment in time. I think this
because I would rather focus on creating the layouts of
my product and then sorting out the fonts I plan to use.
When I return to college, I will focus on creating the
layouts of my fanzine due to the updated software that
college has and then do the write-ups at home since
it’s something I’m easily able to do.

4. Colour Schemes
I think that a bright/vibrant colour scheme will best fit my final product. I think that the colour scheme of my
product should match with what product I’m talking about (e.g. if I talk about a product that uses bright colours I
should also use bright colours when dedicating a page to said product). This should make my product look the
most appealing because of the matching colour schemes. When looking into various colour schemes I found a
variety of charts dedicated to a particular film franchise from a company known as Studio Ghibli (e.g. the two
screenshots you can see above). I think that matching the colour scheme to the product I’m talking about is a good
idea because it will allow me to use a variety of different products and even colour schemes.

5. Colour Schemes
Since Sailor Moon is most well-known for it’s bright colours (especially a variety of shades of pink) I think that this
would also be the option for me when creating this particular page since I want my pages to match colour
schemes with the artworks/art styles that I would be talking about. My original plan was just to overlap text with
various images of the artists work for my pages but I didn’t think that this would look as good because there
could be a few issues. One of these could be that the either the image blocks some of the text or that the text
wouldn’t be seen clearly because of the image. I could avoid these problems by lowering the opacity of the image
in Photoshop so that you would be able to clearly see the text but also see the image as well.

6. This is how I want some of my pages to look. Using the
shape tools in Photoshop I can overlap shapes that match
with the colour schemes for the images I have chosen and
put the two together to create a background for the image. I
think that this would want to page look more interesting
rather just having some text with a single image.

7. Colour Schemes
Since I plan to talk about Shigenori Soejima’s art as a whole I thought that it could be a good idea to use
multiple colour scheme since he uses a different one for each of his games e.g. Persona 5 had a primarily red
colour scheme, Persona 4 was yellow and Persona 3 was blue. I think that this is good idea since it will allow
me to use a variety of different colours and showcase them onto these pages. I think that these pages in
particular will be the most detailed due to amount I am able to add since Shigenori Soejima has created
many products that all have different styles and colour schemes.

8. Colour Schemes
Similar to Studio Ghibli, Hirohiko Araki’s colour scheme as bright and vibrant. I found dedicated colour scheme
charts to each of the artist I plan to look into. From this I’m able to tell the colours Hirohiko has used for his work.
This is something I should definitely consider using. The colours I use really depends on the images I plan to
include in my fanzine. Since I plan to dedicate three double pages spread to each artist I would want each page to
have it’s own dedicated colour scheme.

9. Colour Scheme Analysis
What I mainly want for my fanzine to have is a matching colour scheme for each page for my different
artists. From my research I am clearly able to distinguish what colours are used repeatedly by each
artist (e.g. Studio Ghibli uses a range of bright and vibrant colours to help portray it’s often bright
films). I want to use these same colours in my fanzine not only because it will match aesthetically well
with each of my artists but also because it is something that my audience mentioned in my interviews.
Each of the colour schemes I plan to use are all vaguely different in their own way. I think that the
designs of my pages are what my audience will look to the most. In order to find these specific colours
I used a tool in Photoshop called the ‘Eyedropper Tool’, this allowed me to easily identify the colours
from the images I was planning to put into my fanzine pages. I think that the fonts I used in my
previous fanzine were a bit too simplistic but I don’t think that it took too much away from the final
product. I always struggle with being able to find fonts that not only match with my product as a
whole but also aren’t too simplistic or cursive. The images I have included in my colour schemes may
not be the images I use in my final product but since the artists I’ve looked into all use a similar colour
scheme for each of their works then I think that I would be able to use any sort of image. I didn’t get
the opportunity to conduct much experiments other than with fonts and with image alteration. This is
because at the time I didn’t have access to any suitable software to conduct the experiments and by
the time I had found something I could use I was already too busy with other work to go back and
create more experiments hence why there is a lack of them. However since I have already created a
fanzine before hand I don’t think that it was a matter of importance for me.

10. Product(s)

11. One product(s) that I would like to talk about
is various films from the Studio Ghibli
franchise. The reason why I would like to talk
about these particular films is because of the
colourful visuals as well as the amazing
soundtracks. But the most important reason is
because of the beautiful visuals and art styles
that comes with every film.
Another product is one that I have mentioned
previously in my contextual research. I’m only
familiar with one work from Aka Akasaka so
I’m not sure if I will include his other works
when I get to this particular part.
However I think that it will still be a good idea
to at least mention or compare his works to
give some kind of idea as to how his other
works look and how similar the art styles may
look. I hope to mainly talk about the various
art styles from his works (e.g. the styles and
colour schemes.
(Studio Ghibli)
(Aka Akasaka)

12. This is another product that I spoke about in my
contextual research. Much like with the work from
Aka Akasaka, I’m not that familiar with one of the
works from Hiro Mashima. However as said
previously, I should still at least mention those
products to give an idea as to what the
author/artist has created previously. It will be a
good idea to talk about the various art styles and
colour schemes the artist uses within their
products and how those help to convey their
works.
(Hiro Mashima)
(Shigenori Soejima)
This isn’t a product that I have mentioned
before. Recently I had found out that the
popular series Persona has had a variety of
manga illustrations through out the years. I
thought that it would be a good idea to
look into these due to the aesthetic
artwork and style that persona has always
had with their games and now with their
manga artwork.

13. (Kōhei Horikoshi)
(Naoko Takeuchi)
Another product I talked about in my
contextual research. I’m not too sure
about the other products that this
particular artist has published previously
however it is something that I should look
into before starting to talk about this
artist. As stated previously, it is a good
idea to talk about a variety of different
works from the artist in order to get a
good insight into the artist.
I think that this sort of art style is unique
compared to the other art styles I plan to
look at. Another reason is because it’s
from an older series compared to the
others. A lot of these manga series’ are
still on-going however this is the only one
I plan to look at that is completely
finished.

14. Pagination
The Art of Illustration
(potential subheading?)
issue number?
cover could feature a variety
of different art works
(collage?)
The Art of Illustration
similar to front cover
with a collage?
This is my rough planning for the front cover
and back cover of my fanzine. I plan to create
my front cover last so that I can maximize my
time with the creation of my pages to make
sure I don’t rush.
I would want to keep the same style consistent
through out my fanzine however as stated
previously, I want to make all of my pages
unique to the art style/artwork that I will be
talking about. This means that I won’t be able
to be as consistent as I would want to be but I
don’t think that it will effect my product.
Because of this I plan to talk about a variety of
different artists so that I’m also able to
potentially use a variety of different colour
schemes. Taking advantage of this idea will
allow me to create a product that uses a variety
of different colours and products. This will most
certainly appeal to my audience.
I am currently undecided on what I would like
to do with the back cover. It could be some
form of advertisement, a kind of illustration
that relates to my product as a whole. I will
decide this later on in the production phase.

15. Contents Page
Contents Page
Studio Ghibli
• part a
• part b
• part c
Aka Akasaka
• part a
• part b
Hiro Mashima
• part a
• part b
Shu Sogare
• part a
• part b
• part c
Kōhei Horikoshi
• part a
• part b
• part c
Naoko Takeuchi
• part a
• part b
• part c
Editors Note
I plan to include an editors
note that explains what my
fanzine is and what my
audience should expect.
I’m not too sure if I want my contents page to
be a double page spread or just have the two
pages be separate. I think that it will be easier
for me to potentially print my fanzine if I made
it a double page spread.
I think that adding an editors note is also a good
idea since it will allow me to briefly explain
what my product is and what my audience
should expect.
I would like my final contents page to look like
the one shown on this page. However I would
want to make it look neater and add potential
imagery to make it look more appealing. I think
that this example contents page is easy to
follow and read, meaning my audience would
have no trouble navigating through my fanzine.
I think that one of the only problems that I will
face with have with using a double page spread
is making sure that the two page are similar
looking (i.e. using the same colour scheme)
because I wouldn’t want to use two separate
colours schemes for two pages that will be put
together.

16. Contents Page - Updated
Contents Page
Studio Ghibli
• part a
• part b
• part c
Aka Akasaka
• part a
• part b
Hiro Mashima
• part a
• part b
Shigenori Soejima
• part a
• part b
• part c
Kōhei Horikoshi
• part a
• part b
• part c
Naoko Takeuchi
• part a
• part b
• part c
Hirohiko Araki
• part a
• part b
• part c
image?
Because I’ve decided to add more pages
within my fanzine it meant that I have had
to rethink what I want my contents page to
look like and how I will be able incorporate
all of the information onto my page. Since I
have decided to add more artists I’m glad I
had decided to keep my original idea of
using a double page spread. This means
that I will have a lot of room to work with in
terms of a mix between imagery and text. I
think the image shown here is how I
imagine my contents page to look like in my
final fanzine.
Like the previous contents page I had
designed I still think that this is easy to
follow meaning my audience would easily
be able look through my fanzine. I think
that one of the only problems I could face
with this is managing the amount of text I
have to put into my contents page. Since
there are now a lot more artists I am talking
about I might have problems with having
too much text.

17. Pagination
An Introduction to Art and
Illustration in various industries
(brief explanation based on
the title)
How has Art and Illustration
changed over the years?
(more explanations)
I think that starting my fanzine with a sort of
brief introduction as to what I will be talking
about is a good idea since it will allow my
audience to get some form of understanding
as to what I will be talking about before I
begin to look into my chosen products.
I think that the first page of my fanzine is the
most important since it will determine
whether or not my audience will engage with
my product. This means that I will have to
make sure that this page stands out (i.e. the
use of different colours and imagery).
I think that a use of various colours and
imagery is one of the best ways to keep my
audience engaged with my fanzine. I will
designing the front cover and the back cover
last, so these two pages will technically be
the first pages I start working on.
When I am designing the layouts of my
fanzine I will be creating them in Photoshop
at college since it has the better updated
software.

18. Pagination
Studio Ghibli
information on studio
ghibli
(use of imagery and
bright colours to make it
look more appealing)
potential collage of
images?
This will be the start of the pages that look into
various artists or, in this case, studios that focus
of artwork (i.e. Studio Ghibli). I plan for each
artist I talk about to be around 3-4 pages so
that I can really go into detail about each
chosen topic.
The first page will start off with a brief
introduction to what I’m talking about (i.e. in
this case it will talk a bit about Studio Ghibli).
The second page is something I haven’t decided
on yet. I either want it to page another page of
text or a sort of collage full of images. I don’t
know if either is the best idea. This is because if
I were to just do another page full of text then
it would make the page seem crammed and
boring but if I were to do a collage on the next
page I’m not too sure if it would work well with
the first. I’m afraid that this will be a problem
that I will most likely face with every page in my
fanzine. I think that the first day of creating my
product will have a lot of trial and error.

19. Pagination
The various films from this
studio
How the artwork is
represented in these films
information information
(picture?)
reference to
interviews I’ve found
This will be the third and fourth page of the first
topic I will be looking at. The third page will
focus on the different art styles that have been
used in various films (e.g. since this page is still
talking about Studio Ghibli I would be looking at
the different films and their art styles).
I think that this is one of the best options when
thinking about what to write with my columns.
This is because writing about a variety of films
instead of just one or two will always be the
better option since it will allow me to explore
the styles and colours in more detail. This means
that I’ll be able to write more.
I think that another option I can consider for the
final page is including some form of interview
that I have found which, of course, relates to
what I’m talking about.
I think that a good way to end the page is to
include some form of illustration of my own (i.e.
something similar to what I created in my
experiments or using sketching something and
then scanning it onto my product).

20. Pagination
potential page dedicated to art?
(could include examples of my own versions of
said artworks)
Look into other artists own adaptations of these
artworks
After this I wanted to dedicate a full page to
artwork that I have found during my research. I
think that including a page full of imagery will help
to make the fanzine seem less repetitive and full of
text.
During my previous project when I created a
fanzine I found that a lot of my layouts were
repetitive and simplistic so I hope to try and avoid
this with my new ideas of having a mix between
imagery and text on each page.
I’m not too sure about the style of background that
I want my pages to have. However I have had the
idea of using artwork that is related to what I am
talking about on that specific page so that it
matches and looks more aesthetic.
I think that a use of bold and bright colours will
attract the audiences attention the most since
brighter colours always stand out more than darker
colours. Since a lot of the products I’m looking at
use bright and vibrant colour schemes I think that
my fanzine will look consistent.

21. Pagination – Updated
During the production process I found myself running out of time. This meant that there
were parts of my fanzine that I knew I wasn’t going to be able to finish or even start to
make. Because of this I had to remove some ideas I had wanted to put into my fanzine
and work with I already had. What I removed being the third double page spread that I
was going to make for each artist. Looking back on my work now I think that I should’ve
removed one of the other two double page spreads and continue with this idea because it
was the most interesting part of my product. Although I think that it was a bad idea on my
part to remove those pages from my fanzine and include something that I found was less
important I still don’t think that I would have been able to have gotten finished on time.
This is because I would have to have drawn illustrations for each of my artists, scan them
and import them onto my fanzine and then finish do the analyzing write ups for each. Had
I more time I think that I would have been able to do this.

22. Pagination
naoko takeuchi
introduction to
artist
collage of images?
This will be the first page for my double page spread
of the second artist I am looking at. This page will be
the introduction page where I will give some brief
information about the artist about talk a bit about
the products that they have created. I don’t want to
go into too much detail since I think that the
information I have collected from my research
should belong in the second double page spread,
which is dedicated to the history and more detailed
information about the artist. I think that the first
page for each of my artists is important because it
will be the my audiences first impression of not only
the artist but with my fanzine as well. This means
that I must make it as eye-catching as possible in
order to keep my audience entertained. This is the
same for every page that I will be making.
I will be creating the pages and layouts in Photoshop
and then added text once I have exported them. I’m
not too sure what software I will use to do this but
I’m not too keen on using Photoshop because there
isn’t really a variety of fonts to choose from. Another
reason is that because the Photoshop I am using on
my laptop is so outdated it means I’m limited to
what I’m able to make without Photoshop crashing.

23. Pagination
naoko takeuchi
history of the artist
and what they’ve
done over the
years
image overlap?
Since this particular artist is famous for one
specific series (unlike Studio Ghibli who is well-
known for a variety of films) I can easily just
dedicate this next double page spread to talking
about that series. I think that this will be a lot
easier for me to write since I only have to talk
about this one series. I have learned a lot from my
research which means that there is a lot I am able
to write about in my articles. However even
though I have all of this information I would like
to put into this double page spread I must make
sure that I’m careful that I don’t make the page
too crowded with text. This is something that
happened with me in my previous print project
and it’s something I would like to avoid. I want to
make sure that the imagery I include is related to
what I’m talking about in my articles e.g. if I’m
talking about a specific part of the product I
would want the images I include on that page to
help represent that.

24. Pagination
hiro mashima
information
about the
artist and
their
achievements
image of
the
artist?
collection of works
from this artist
For my third artist I wanted to try and experiment
with different layouts and came up with something
like this. I’m glad that I decided to try and
experiment with different layouts because if I
hadn’t I would have ended up with a fanzine that
has all similar looking pages. I think that this is one
of my favourite layouts because of the amount I
have been able to put onto this page e.g. the mix of
imagery and text. A problem I faced with this
particular artist is the amount of information I want
to include but don’t have necessarily have enough
space in order to do this. For the majority of
designing my page layouts I used my interviews as
reference in order to make sure that this is
something that my audience would like and appeal
to. I’m not too sure if I like this current layout but
it’s something that I can always go back and redo
later if I think of something better.

25. Pagination
collage of
images?
image of
artist
info about
first series
info about second
series
info about third series
This double page spread is a lot different from
the other pages I have created so far. I wanted
to try and make each page as unique as
possible but it was difficult coming up with
inspiration that I thought would not only look
good but it also being something that I like.
Since this page is dedicated to information I
think that the best option is to spread the text
through out the whole double page spread.
This is because I wouldn’t want the text to be
put all together since I think it would make
the page look too crowded. I might end up
moving the text and imagery around in the
end to see if there is a better way I could
position anything better. I do like the layout of
this page and I think that it is the best layout I
have made so far since it is seemingly
different and unique compared to the others.

26. Pagination
images of artists
works
shigenori soejima
information about the
artist
A lot of the magazines I looked into during
the research stage of my project had a ton of
unique layouts that I thought I could
incorporate into my own product however I
would alter them in order to avoid any sort
of plagiarism. I thought that since this page
is dedicated to an introduction I didn’t need
to go all the way in making it look too
aesthetically pleasing. I think that this page
is a bit similar to an previous introduction
page I hade made. But I don’t think that this
is something that should hinder my fanzine
too much since it’s only a page to introduce
the artist. Although I later may change the
overall layout if I think of something that I
prefer since I want to try and avoid making
my pages look too similar.

27. Pagination
images from the artist
brief
introduction
information
Much like with a previous page layout I had
made I think that this is once of the most
unique layouts I have created. I think that
overlapping text boxes with other imagery is a
good idea since it will look similar to a collage.
My main idea for this page is to use text boxes
that match with the images I plan to use on the
same page. This will make the page look a lot
more intriguing and stylish compared to the
other pages I have made. Much like with the
other pages that focus on the history of the
artist I want to spread out all of my text as
much as possible since there is a lot of
information that I want to include in my final
product. I was worried at first that my audience
could get confused by the layouts by not
knowing what to read first but I think that the
use of a coloured text box is what will attract
the audience attention first meaning that this
will be the first thing that they read.

28. Pagination
hirohiko araki
image of artists work
introduction to the
artists and more
information about
them
I plan for the introduction pages to be short
in terms both text and imagery. I mainly plan
to limit the imagery to each introduction
page to be one. This is I because I don’t want
to add too much to a page that isn’t as
important as the other (i.e. information and
aesthetic wise) however I still want these
pages to appeal to my audience both
aesthetically and informatively. When I was
doing some research for that part of my
project I found a lot of images that I could
use. I wanted to make sure that the images I
chose would not only be recognizable but
will also fit with the overall theme of the
fanzine. In my interviews my audience said
that they would most want to see pages that
match with the colours I plan to use in my
fanzine.

29. Pagination
history of the artist artists achievements
images
related to
the artist
I think that this is my favourite page that
I have created so far. This is because of
how unique it is compared to the others
in terms of the layouts of the images as
well as the text. I noticed this was a
similar theme with a lot of magazine
layouts I found in issuu. I thought that it
would be a good change from all of the
other pages I had made so far. Since this
page is the second double page spread
it’s best to create a layout that will allow
me add a lot of text. I think that this page
a layout will most definitely allow me to
put as much text as I want to include. I
also like the idea of adding two or more
images on one page. I may consider
doing this with other pages if I’m able to
think of any good ideas that I like.

30. Pagination
collage of images from the artist
junji ito
introduction to the artist additional information
I didn’t think much at the start about
overlapping imagery with text but now I think
that this is a good idea that I want to try and
work with. The layout is similar to the
previous one in terms of how I plan to have
the text positioned. I would want the title to
be bold and stand out alongside the image. I
think that each page should represent the
artist and I think that this is something that I
am capable of doing. However instead of
having a collage of images I think that it
would be a better idea to have once big
landscape image. Since I am creating these
layouts in Photoshop on the laptop I have
borrowed from college I am limited to amount
I am capable of doing, since this particular
software is quite outdated compared to the
other computers at college. I think that the
best idea is to work with what I have and
make it to the best of my ability. Once I have
created the pages I can always go onto a
computer and add anything extra but I must
keep in mind that it won’t allow me to access
the file again from my laptop since it’s an
outdated version.

31. Script

33. Unfinished Version

34. Finished Version

36. Unfinished Version

37. Finished Version

38. Unfinished Version

39. Finished Version

40. Production Schedule

41. WEEK PLAN TASK
1 Begin to write the articles for
my fanzine.
Complete the introduction pages for
each of the artists by the end of the
week.
2 Continue to write the articles
for my fanzine in my spare
time. Begin to look come up
with ideas for page layouts
using planning.
Create first page layouts for the
contents page and the introduction
page.
3 Begin to create the layouts
for the first few artists for my
fanzine.
Create the introduction and history
pages for the first three of my artists.
4 Continue to create layouts for
the next artists for my
fanzine.
Create the introduction and history
pages for the last three of my artists.
5 Begin to create the third
double page spreads for my
fanzine.
Create the last double page spreads
for the first three of my artists and
then import my articles.
6 Continue to create the third
double page spreads for my
fanzine.
Create the last double page spreads
for the last three of my artists and
then import my articles whilst also
doing my own illustrations at home in
my free time.
7 Import my articles into the
last double page spread as
well as my own illustrations.
Import my articles and illustrations
onto the last double page spread and
then export everything. Then upload
to issuu and my website.